Brazil’s Federal Police on Wednesday indicted former president Jair Bolsonaro and his son, Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, for allegedly trying to obstruct the Supreme Court investigation into an attempted coup following the 2022 election. The 476-page report, sent to Justice Alexandre de Moraes, cites possible crimes of coercion and the violent abolition of the democratic order and asks prosecutors to weigh formal charges. Investigators say messages retrieved from the ex-president’s phone show he intended to flee to Argentina and seek political asylum from President Javier Milei. The report also accuses Eduardo of lobbying U.S. officials to impose sanctions on Brazilian judges and of receiving about R$2 million from his father, money that was later routed through foreign-exchange transactions to mask its origin. Jair Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since early July for breaching previous court orders that barred him from coordinating with allies. Eduardo Bolsonaro remains in the United States; if prosecutors follow the police recommendation, both could face additional criminal proceedings before Brazil’s Supreme Court.
O deputado Eduardo Bolsonaro, em post em rede social, sobre o relatório divulgado pela Polícia Federal, disse que a atuação dele nos Estados Unidos jamais teve como objetivo interferir em qualquer processo em curso no Brasil. Saiba mais. ➡ Assista ao #EmPauta: https://t.co/AFGZXU6p9e
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No relatório final da PF, consta um trecho de diálogo do deputado Eduardo Bolsonaro que evidencia seu interesse em continuar ações ilícitas nos Estados Unidos. Ele pediu ao pai, o ex-presidente Jair Bolsonaro, que se apressasse em manifestações de apoio ao então presidente dos https://t.co/wEI02Z3dYL